Gregorian Egyptian Museum

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The Gregorian Egyptian Museum is a section of the Vatican Museums dedicated to ancient Egyptian art and artifacts, including sculptures, sarcophagi, and inscriptions.

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Gregorian Egyptian Museum canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian antiquities museum
museum
adjacentTo Gregorian Etruscan Museum
collectionType Egyptian antiquities
Egyptian inscriptions
Egyptian sculptures
ancient Egyptian art
canopic jars
coffins
funerary objects
hieroglyphic inscriptions
mummies
pharaonic statues
sarcophagi
statues of deities
stelae
country Vatican City
exhibits amulets
funerary stelae
reliefs with hieroglyphs
sarcophagi of priests and nobles
shabti figures
colossal statue of Ramesses II
surface form: statue of Pharaoh Ramses II

statues of Egyptian gods and goddesses
foundedBy Pope Gregory XVI
hasCollection Ptolemaic period artifacts
Roman-period Egyptian artifacts
artifacts from the Late Period of Egypt
artifacts from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt
artifacts from the New Kingdom of Egypt
artifacts from the Old Kingdom of Egypt
hasSection rooms dedicated to funerary equipment
rooms dedicated to inscriptions and papyri
rooms dedicated to pharaonic statuary
heritage Egyptian
inception 1839
languageOfExhibits English
Italian
other major European languages
locatedIn Vatican City
namedAfter Pope Gregory XVI
operatedBy Vatican Museums
ownedBy Holy See
partOf Vatican Museums
theme Egyptian art and iconography
ancient Egyptian funerary practices
ancient Egyptian religion
pharaonic kingship
touristAttraction yes

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Vatican Museums hasPart Gregorian Egyptian Museum